Stamping device.



M. SILVER STENE. STAMPING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16. 1916.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917".

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MARK SILVERSTENE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TCl THE CLICKE'J. COMPANY, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

STAMPING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov(. 527, 19117..

Application filed December 16, 1916. Serial No. 137,302.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK SILVERSTENE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Stamping Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stamping devices to impress or stamp a symbol or characters upon an object or objects, and it is the primary object of the invention to provide a stamping device to make an impression upon an object or objects having regular or irregular surfaces, such as upon an egg.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a stamping device having a series of stamps and adapted to make an impression or impressions upon a series of objects each of the objects having a surface which is regular or irregular to the surfaces of the other objects, such as upon eggs in a carton or crate.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a support for a carrier for impression devices whereby said carrier may have yielding longitudinal movement and universal movement lateral of said longitudinal movement.

Another object of the invention is toprovide inking means for the impression device or devices, and with which inking means placed in engagement to ink the same after an impression or impressions have been made, and to provide means to throw said impression devices out of engagement with said inking means and into position to make an impression or impressions.

In the drawings accompanying and forming apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a marking or stamping device showing an embodiment of my invention with the parts in normal position.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing the parts in position to make an impression upon a plurality of eggs.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly in section.

Fig. 4 is a detail of an carrier with its support.

Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are details of the impression device carrier; and

Figs. 9 and 10 show a modified form of an impression device carrier and its support.

impression device in the city,

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughoutthe different views of the drawing.

As stated it is an object of the invention to provide a marking device to mark an egg or a plurality of eggs in a carton or crate, and while it is particularly adapted and the invention will be described for use for this purpose, it is to be understood that the invention is applicable for marking or makmg an impression upon any regular or irregular surface or surfaces.

The embodiment of my invention shown in the drawing comprises a carrier 7 of cup shape for an impression or symbol or character carrying device or devices 8, these impression devices preferably comprising a suitable composition, such as rubber, type or symbol carrying pad of any desired formation and shown as circular in form to engage in and be carried by the carrier 7. In the marking of eggs a variable surface is presented upon which to make the impression and to permit the character pad to assume a position to conform to the surface upon which the impression is to be made the carrier 7 has a universal oint connection, as at 9, with one end of a slidably supported stem 10, whereby the carrier may have variable movements laterally of the longitudinal movement of the stamp and adjust itself to the surface of the egg. To further cause the character carrying pad or stamp to yieldingly engage with the surface upon which the impression is to be made a coil spring 11 is provided the convolutions of the spring at the end adjacent the carrier 7 being of greater diameter than the convolutions at the opposite end and which convolutions gradually decrease in diameter toward said oppositeend, as clearly shown in the drawing.

To adapt the device to stamp or mark a plurality of eggs simultaneously a series of impression device carriers are provided and are carried by a supporting bar 12 of rectangular shape in cross section and in perforations in which bar the pins lO are slidably mounted, the pins or stems having heads 13 to prevent the passage thereof through the perforations, and the springs 11 are confined between the bar and the impression device carriers 7. This supporting bar 12 is pivotally mounted at its ends, as at 17, in a frame 18 substantially of U-shape or of rectangular shape with one side open, the frame preferably being of channel shape in cross section.

spective impression devices, said pad being" secured to a carrier 15 connected at its ends to a bail 16 slidably supported by the leg portions in the frame 18, as at 19. The ink pad carrier is spaced from the bar 12 and is adapted to have a limited movement toward said bar. The bar 12 is rotated and nor mally yieldingly urged in a direction to cause the impression devicesto assume a position opposite the ink pad 14 and maintained in said position (as shown in Fig. 1) by a spring or springs 20 coiled about the pivotal. support of the bar 12 with one end of the springs connected to the bar and the other ends connected to the frame 18, the tension of the springs being such as toturn the bar with theimpression devicesupward as shown insaid Fig. 1.

I Tomove the bar or impression device sup port 12 to position with the impression. devices in position to make an impression means are provided to impart rotative movement to said. support 12 in a direction re verse to the direction of movement imparted thereto by the springs 20, comprising cables.21 connected at one end to the supportingbar 12 and adapted to be wound one or more times around the bar when the parts are in the positionshown in Fig. 1, and the other ends connected to the pad carrier 15.

It will be obvious that as the pad carrier is.

movedupward the cables will be; unwound ]from the supporting bar 12 and rotate said Toand fro movement of the supporting bar 12 is limited by stops 21' carried thereby engaging at opposite-sides of the frame 18., To permit the stamps to readily-pass beneath the ink pad the pad is adapted to have a slight to and fro movement without imparting movement to the support 12. For this purpose a resilient member or spring 22 is fixed to the pad carrier substantially midwaybetween its ends with the. endsbent as shown to slidably engage in and pass through openings in the pad carrier 15, and to the ends of which spring the cables 21 are. attached. yieldingly maintainthe pad in engagement with the stamps- To prevent the. accidental rotation of the impression device support 12 while in the normal Fig. 1 position stops .23

secured to. the pad carrier are adapted teengage with one side of said support -12.when

the stamps are in engagement with the pad.

In operation, assuming the partsto be in thepositionsshownin Fig. 1 with the stops 23. inl engagement with-the supporting bar 2,. he Pad r ying. rame I 1.6 i P led;

the impres This spring also serves to.

slight independent movementuntil the free ends of the spring 22 are substantially contiguous to the pad carrier 15, thereby drawing the pad away from the stamps or 11npression devices and the stops 23 out of engagement with the supporting bar 12-. lVhenstops 23,1noveout of engagement with said bar12 further movement of the pad carrying frame will pull. upward on the cables 21 thereby rotating'the supporting: bar 12 against. the tensioir of the springs" 20 and moving the impression device carriers 7 to a. position opposite to that when they are inengagement with the inkpad andinto position to-make' an impression. The stamps are then applied to the, objector, objects upon which it is desired to make the impression, in the present instance eggs ina carton as shown in, Fig; 2, andias the frame 18 is pressed. downward to make the impression the impression device carriers 7 will assume variable positions to accommodate them to the surface or surfaces uponiwhich the im. pressionsv are to be made,.asshown in said Fig. 2. After the-impression is made and it.is,desire,d.to-re-ink the. character carrying devices. or stamps the pad carrying, frame isreleased whereupon the springs20- will urge and rotate the:impressionvdevice. carrier. supporting. bar 12 in. a directionireverse to the direction of movement imparted: thereto when the ink pad carrying. frame was moved upward anduntil ,thebaris are rested by the stops engagingwith the frame; 18 and.the stamps. assume the positionshown in Fig. 1.. opposite the ink. pad. After the stamps assume this position the pad: carry: ing. frame will have slight zfurther movement imparted thereto by the resilient member 22 to cause the 1- ink pad to engage. with, the stamps, and-.the operation is repeatedwhen it is desired to make another impression.

In Figs. 9 and lOI-have showna modificar tion of-thesupport for the impression device carrier 7. In this construction.the-impres sion device carrier 7 has.a.universaljoint connection with onejend of the stem.10,,and

the-stem has. aplate26-fixecbthereto. at a point abovethe carrier,.said. plate having lateral projections 27. andithe spring.11.- being confined betweensaid plate and the sup port 12. fonthe stem. To permit ofzvariable lateral 'movement of.- the carrier. one end of springs .28 are ,c0nnected;to the carrier anda the other ends connected to the plateprojec! tions 27;

Having thus described my invention I laim: 1.

1. In a stamping device, the combination of a carrier forimpression devices; asupport for said carrier to which the carrier is connected to havelongitudinal and universal lateral movement 5 andmeans to .yieldingly maintain the impression device carrier in variable impression making positions, sub stantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a stamping device, the combination of a carrier for impression devices; a slidable support for said carrier; a universal joint connection between said carrier and its support; and a spring to yieldingly maintain the carrier in variable impression making positions,substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. In a stamping device, the combination of a carrier for impression devices; a slidably supported stem; a universal joint connection between said carrier and stem; and a coiled spring to yieldingly maintain the carrier in variable impression making positions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4:. In a stamping device, the combination of a character carrying stamp; a carrier for" said stamp; a slidablysupported stem; a universal joint connection between said carrier and stem; :1 spring coiled about the stem :2 11d confined between said carrier and the support for the stem; the coils of the spring adjacent the carrier being of greater diameter than the other convolutions of the spring, said spring being adapted to maintain the stamp carrier-in variable impression making positions, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a stamping device, the combination of a carrier for impression devices, and means to support said carrier to have yield ing longitudinal movement and universal lateral movement, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a stamping device, the combination. of a character carrying stamp; means to carry said stamp to have yielding longitudinal and universal lateral movement; and a pivoted support for said stamp carrying means to move said stamp carrying means on an axis transverse to its longitudinal movement, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a stamping device, the combination of a character carrying stamp; means to carry said stamp to have yielding longitudinal and lateral universal movement; a pivoted support for said stamp carrying means to move said stamp carrying means on an axis transverse to its longitudinal movement; an ink pad; means to move and normally maintain said support in position with the stamp in engagement with the ink pad; and means to move said support with the stamp out of engagement with the ink pad and into impression making position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

8. In a stamping device, the combination of a character carrying stamp; means to carry said stamp to have yielding longitudinal and universal lateral movement; a

pivoted support for said stamp carrying means to move said stamp carrying means on an axis transverse to its longitudinal movement; an ink pad; yielding means to normally urge said support in one direction and with the stamp in engagement with the ink pad; and means to move the support in a direction opposite to the direction of the movement imparted thereto by the yielding means with the stamp out of engagement with the ink pad and in impression making position.

9. In a stamping device, the combination of a character carrying stamp; means to carry said stamp to have yielding longitudinal and universal lateral movement; a pivoted support for said stamp carrying means to adapt said stamp carrying means to have to and fro rotative movement on an aXis transverse to its longitudinal move ment; stops to limit said to and fro movement; an ink pad; a spring to normally urge and rotate said support in one direction and maintain it in position with the stamp in engagement with the ink pad; and means to rotate said support in a reverse direction against the action of the spring with the stamp out of engagement with the ink pad, and in impression making position, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. In a stamping device, the combination of a series oi character carrying stamps; means to carry said stamps to have yielding longitudinal and universal lateral movement; a pivoted support for said stamp carrying means to adapt said carrying means to have movement on an aXis transverse to the longitudinal movement of the carrying means; an ink pad for the respective stamps; yielding meansto normally urge the support for the stamp carrying means in one direction and maintain it in position with the respective stamps in engagement with the ink pad; and means to impart rotative move ment to said support in a direction reverse to the direction of the movement imparted thereto by the yielding means to throw the stamp out of engagement with the ink pad and into impression making position, substanti ally as and tor the purpose specified.

11. In a stamping device, the combination of a series of character carrying stamps; carriers for said stamps; a pivotally supported bar; means to connect the stamp carriers to the bar to have yielding longitudinal movement transverse to the axis of the bar and variable lateral movements; an ink pad for the respective stamps; springs tensioned. to rotate the bar in one direction and maintain it in position with the stamps in engagement with the ink pad; and means to impart rotative movement to the bar in a direction reverse to the direction of the movement imparted thereto by the springs to throw the stamps out of engagement with the ink pad, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

12. In a stamping device, the combination of a U-shaped frame; a bar pivotally supported at its ends in said frame to have to and fro rotative movement; a series of carriers for impression devices supported by said bar to have longitudinal movement in a direction transverse to the axis of the bar and variable movements laterally of said longitudinal movement; an ink pad for the respective impression devices carried by the frame to have movement toward and away fromthe bar; means to rotate and yieldingly urge the bar in one direction and in position with the stamps opposite the ink pad and move the pad toward the stamps; and means to move the pad away from the stamps and impart rotative movement to the bar in a direction reverse to the direction of the movement imparted thereto by the yielding means, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

13. In a stamping device, the combination of a U-shaped frame; a bar pivotally supported at its ends in said frame to have to and fro rotative movement; a series of carriers for impression devices supported by said bar to have longitudinal movement in a direction transverse to the axis of the bar and variable movements laterally of said longitudinal movement; an ink pad for the respective impression devices carried by the frame to have movement toward and away from the bar; springs to urge and rotate the bar in one direction and maintain it in position with the stamps opposite the ink pad; yielding means to move the ink pad toward and maintain it in engagement with the stamps; and means to move the ink pad away naesglsa from the stampsagainst the action of said yielding means and rotate the bar in a direction reverse to" the direction of the movement imparted thereto by the springs; substantially as and for the purpose specified.

14:. In a; stamping device, the combination 1 of a U-shaped frame; a bar pivotally sup the bar; carriers for impression devices hav inga universal joint connection at theend of the stems opposite to the heads whereby said carriers are adapted to assume variable positions laterally of the axis of the stems; springs coiled about the stems and confined between the bar and impression device carriers; an ink pad carrying frame mounted in the U-frame to have to and fro movement; springs to rotate the bar and normally main" tain it in position with thestamps opposite the ink pad and move the ink padtoward the respective stamps; means to yieldingly; maintain the ink pad in engagement with the stamps; and means to move the ink pad away from the stamps against the yielding means and simultaneously impart rotative movement to the bar in a direction reverse to the direction of the movement" imparted thereto by the springs and against the action of said springs, substantially as andxfor the purpose specified.

Signed at New York city, in'the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 14th day of December, 1916.

MARK SILVERSTENE.

Witnesses A. V. GILLSANDEAN. H. G. OsnofnNE.

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